The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 Jazz Age novel about the impossibility of recapturing the past, was initially a failure. Today, the story of Gatsby’s doomed love for the unattainable Daisy is considered a defining novel of the 20th century. Check out sample lesson plans for The Great Gatsby below.
Students will update the setting of a chosen scene from Romeo and Juliet and then write a modern version of the dialogue.
Students will use this worksheet to trace two secondary characters’ development in Romeo and Juliet and analyze their motivations.
Students will apply a helpful note-taking strategy to summarize and dissect passages from Romeo and Juliet.
Students will identify and analyze poetic devices used in key passages in the text and determine Shakespeare's purpose in using each device.
Students will use this worksheet to explore the motif of fate and how Shakespeare foreshadows many outcomes of the play by finding and exploring several examples of foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet.